Talk:Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

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[edit] GA review

Just a few improvements needed.

The lead section should adequately summarize the content of the article; see WP:LEAD for guidelines here.

Info about climate could be added to the geography section.

Does the town have any transport links apart from the Interstate? What public transport is there?

A section is needed on culture, covering local events, attractions, media outlets, sports clubs etc.

A few more citations are needed in the history section.

Epbr123 12:39, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Note There is no public transportation in the town. Wǐkǐɧérṃǐť(Talk) 02:04, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
[1] There is a bus "trolley" system. Tbjablin 02:15, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Historically there was lots of public transpo - e.g. to Caldonia. 5 years ago I once took a public bus to the mall from downtown (Car in shop, 3 other people on the bus!) BTW - is it "Scotland Mall" and does it fit in here? As far as "culture", I almost hate to say it, but church going is a type of culture, so is July 4th fireworks, there are some things at Wilson College.

Smallbones 06:43, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Pass! The article now passes the Good Article criteria. However, I still think more could be added about the recent history of the town and about the culture. Epbr123 08:33, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Great GA!

Thanks to all who contributed. Actually I think we can make it much better - intro, culture, etc.

Smallbones 19:58, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Note:

An individual with associated with the individual Kyle Rogers apparently believes that because he is a "correspondent" for a second-tier regional news program geared toward a teenage population, he deserves mention within the "notable people section" in Chambersburg.

As a lifelong resident, this is beyond insulting, and I would encourage anyone who sees this reference return to delete it immediately. Our history is far too rich to allow someone to claim they are a notable resident simply because they did a few interviews on television. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.174.28.128 (talk) 23:57, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Take it further?

There have been a lot of things added since the GA was given. I'm almost thinking that there is too much, but that doesn't seem to be a problem that's noted on too many wikipedia articles. (removing the redundant area code and zip code was good).

I'd like to see what others think of going for FA status. This would probably require some reformatting of footnotes, rewriting the culture and economy sections, as well as the intro, and finding something interesting to say about C-burg after the civil war(!). I'm sure reviewers would find some other things as well. I've got a month off coming up (with some travel time required) - so this would be the time that I have to spend on it.

Thanks for any input. Smallbones 10:02, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm in :-). ~ Wikihermit 01:56, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA Pass

This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. The article history has been updated to reflect this review. Regards, Epbr123 21:55, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NRHPs in Chambersburg

I commented in the peer review, still open, that the Chambersburg article could be enriched by developing articles on the sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places that are in Chambersburg.

These are as follows:

    • Brotherton Farm
    • Chambersburg Historic District
    • Coldbrook Farm
    • Franklin County Courthouse (Pennsylvania)
    • Franklin County Jail (Pennsylvania)
    • Gass House
    • James Finley House
    • John Brown House (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania)
    • Masonic Temple (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania)
    • Memorial Fountain and Statue
    • Rocky Spring Presbyterian Church
    • Townhouse Row (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania)
    • Wilson College (Pennsylvania)
    • Zion Reformed Church (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania)

Starter info, including address and summary info, is available at Franklin County listings of NRHP.COM, a commercial site serving up the public domain National Register info

I would be happy to help in developing any of these, for example by adding a NRHP infobox and by helping get sources. I marked by strikeout the one article recently developed, which is a DYK today by the way. The NRHP nomination text, a great source of info for wikipedia articles, is available for each one of these by request from the National Register in Washington, D.C., and/or is available electronically on the Pennsylvania state ARCH system cited in the Franklin County Courthouse (Pennsylvania) article. The article on Wilson College, the other non-red-link, could be developed to cover its NRHP-ness. Hope this is helpful to someone. Please feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. doncram (talk) 21:13, 5 June 2008 (UTC)